Polyglot Dictionary

baby-sitter

/be.bi.si.tœʁ/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les baby-sitters

Meaning

  1. babysitter

    • Ils engagent une baby-sitter pour la soirée.

      They hire a babysitter for the evening.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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German

Babysitter

Babysitter is the German word for the same thing — both mean "babysitter."

Practice

1 What does baby-sitter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ils engagent une baby-___ pour la soirée.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches baby-sitter?

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